Platform Engineering Intern (Remote)

About Garcia Secure

Government agencies and defense contractors make up a large share of revenue, and many roles require a clearance. Products include endpoint protection, email security and a cloud posture management platform. Background checks are required, and some client work requires a government clearance.

About the role

Our Infrastructure team looks after AWS accounts, Kubernetes clusters and the build pipelines for 20 or so services. The intern will help with all of it under supervision. This role is fully remote within the US. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

What you'll do

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Requirements

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $41.50 - $51.00/hr

Perks

• Home office setup stipend.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Company laptop.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Garcia Secure.